Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king
Chapter 114: I'm Not Afraid Of My Great Achievements!I'm afraid you are incapable!
Chapter 114: I'm Not Afraid Of My Great Achievements!I'm afraid you are incapable!
"Your Majesty, don't you like women with small feet?" Tang Guifei asked cautiously.
"Like a monster."
Tang Yunyan doesn't understand, Lingbo walks lightly, socks are dusty, don't kings cherish little feet?
She used to think that His Majesty didn't like her because of her big feet.
I didn't expect His Majesty to be so prejudiced against little feet. Why?
"My concubine, if I abolish the little feet, what's your opinion?" Zhu Qiyu dragged her into the inner hall.
"Your Majesty, women's temples are not allowed to engage in politics, and concubines dare not speak!"
"It's just chatting, I haven't thought about whether it should be abolished!" Zhu Qiyu asked her to help undress, wash and lie down.
Concubine Tang carefully looked at the emperor's expression, and said in deliberation: "The concubine thinks that if your majesty doesn't like it, and the world will not invite women with bound feet into the palace, the court will naturally follow the example, and the atmosphere will spread to the people, and it will naturally change subtly. .”
"My concubine thinks that if the people do not obey the imperial decree issued by the temple, should you punish or not? If you punish, the law does not punish the public; if you do not punish, the imperial decree will lose its credibility."
"The views of concubines and wives, please consider it at your majesty's discretion."
Zhu Qiyu really listened to it, and nodded slightly: "It will start in the palace, and I will lead by example."
His words lead by example.
That is, he went up the next morning and lost his temper.
"Are you all fools? Send little girls to the palace as slaves and let me serve them? Huh?"
Zhu Qiyu was furious: "Do you have a brain?"
"In the past years, the selection of palace maids has never had small feet. Don't you even have this common sense?"
"Officer, I can't do well as an official! Serve me, I don't understand!"
"What's the use of keeping you guys!"
Li Jian was beaten deaf, and all the maids with small feet were kicked out of the palace.
Rumors spread outside the palace that some courtiers even wrote suicide notes in advance, waiting to be bestowed upon death.
It is thought that the emperor took the opportunity of rectifying his feet to clear the court.
However, listening to the emperor's words, it seems that he just dislikes the little-footed daughter who can't afford the work in the palace?Isn't it abolishing the binding foot completely?
Then does my own daughter not need to enter the palace as a slave or a handmaid?
Good thing!
"I ask you, why did you bind your daughter's feet?" Zhu Qiyu asked suddenly.
"This……"
No one can answer, it has been a thousand-year-old custom, since Li Yu, the empress of the Southern Tang Dynasty, liked the three-inch golden lotus, there has been a widespread trend of foot-binding.
In the prosperous Ming Dynasty, foot binding spread all over the country, and the size of the feet became the yardstick for measuring women's morality.
"What to wear!"
Zhu Qiyu suddenly cursed: "It's because you like it!"
"The king of Chu is so slender, and the palace starves to death!"
"You like it, so the folks have to learn from it!"
"Next time in the Beijing inspection, one more thing will be added. If the wives, concubines and daughters of the officials have small feet, they will be lowered!"
"Release to the worst, directly dismissed!"
This sentence stabbed a hornet's nest.
Many officials objected: "Your Majesty, how can a woman meet people easily? Aren't you forcing a woman to commit suicide to prove her innocence?"
There were many officials who opposed it, and they even did not hesitate to contradict the emperor.
Even Li Xian couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, the defense of men and women must not be broken!"
Zhu Qiyu's eyes flashed, and he looked at Geng Jiuchou and Bai Gui, who he valued, and they lowered their heads and remained silent, obviously not supporting it.
If he wants to challenge the tradition, Zhu Qiyu is not qualified enough.
"The defense of men and women can't be broken, of course, the palace will send aunt to investigate."
Zhu Qiyu backed down a step.
"Your Majesty, it will take time to change customs. Most of the officials have wives and concubines with small feet, and older daughters have bound feet. If you use this as your standard, most of the officials will be dismissed." Yu Shan said loudly.
He likes small feet, and all his wives and concubines have small feet. If the emperor's standards are followed, he will definitely be in trouble, so he firmly opposes it.
"Yu Shilang is right. If they abandon their wives and children because of Jingcha, how can these women survive?" Yi Ming agreed.
Guanglu Temple Minister Wei Neng said: "The aunt in the palace has gained great power, so corruption will inevitably breed, and she will take the opportunity to blackmail the officials and officials. A good Beijing inspection is disturbed by some women. How can it be decent?"
Many officials followed suit and opposed.
Zhu Qiyu watched their performance coldly.
Hu Wei lowered his head and said nothing, anyway, he has always opposed women's footbinding, if His Majesty sincerely abolishes the bad habit, that would be fine.
But, is the real purpose of the emperor to have little feet?
Yu Qian was already on his way back to Beijing, and Fan Guang, who had moved to Sanguan, also heard the news of pulling out the camp. Did the emperor want to interfere with Beijing Cha with his little feet?
To counter Yu Qian?Xunchen?
He always finds it difficult.
"If you have any excuses, tell them!"
Zhu Qiyu said coldly: "If I say one word, you have a hundred words waiting for me!"
"Have you forgotten what happened to Chen Xun?"
"If there is a problem, solve the problem!"
"If you can't solve it, I will change a group of people to solve it!"
"Anyway, there are a lot of scholars in the world, you don't want to stand here, get out of here!"
"There are so many people in the world who want to stand in the court! Serve me!"
When Chen Xun was mentioned, Yu Shan, Yi Ming, and Weineng's expressions changed, and they knelt down to apologize.
"Yu Shan, do you want to sue your old age and return to your hometown?" Zhu Qiyu looked gloomy and called the names directly.
These days, I am so easy to talk, so you guys are drifting away again?
Forgot whose dog you are?
Give it some sunshine and it will be brilliant!
"The old minister knows his mistake!" Yu Shan trembled.
"Huh, if you don't want to do it, just say it. I allow you to retire and return home. I don't know how many people in the government and the opposition are thinking about your position!"
Zhu Qiyu said indifferently: "You too! Don't think that I won't turn around after leaving your court?"
"That's what Wang Ao thought back then? Chen Xun thought the same way too! Even the Supreme Emperor thought the same way!"
"Now, what's the matter?"
"Whoever dies, Daming shouldn't continue to move forward! I will always be the emperor of Daming! No one can change it!"
"What are you guys? Weigh it yourself!"
"Cabinet, come up with a regulation. I hate little feet! Like a monster, how can a dignified woman be a monster?"
All the officials kowtowed, the senior officials in the cabinet felt sad, and they all began to miss Chen Xun, but they couldn't go back.
Seeing the worship of all officials, Zhu Qiyu changed the subject:
"If you really like small feet, you can go to Xifan, Mobei, Annan, and Wa Kingdom to find them."
"Those people are cheap. I chop off their feet and give them to you for collection. I don't feel sorry for chopping off 10, millions, or tens of millions of people!"
"Have fun with you! Instead of interfering, I even clapped my hands!"
"But the women of the Celestial Dynasty are not allowed! The women of my great Ming are not allowed to bind their feet!"
"They are women from the Celestial Dynasty, my daughters! I will not allow them to suffer!"
"Let's not allow the bad habit of footbinding to continue! It will damage the prestige of the Celestial Dynasty!"
Zhu Qiyu's tone was a little slow: "For officials and officials, those who bind their feet can let go of them and let them go quickly. If they are already wrapped, marry low as soon as possible, and don't think about climbing high. If you go to your in-law's house in the future, you will be angry. Why don't you marry low and choose a private household? If you are married, you can still enjoy the addiction of Miss Guan!"
"I have already told you the Jingcha standard, so you can do it yourself!"
What dare to say?
The emperor is about to use a knife, who dares to test the emperor's bottom line?
I can only kowtow to plead guilty.
In fact, I disdain it in my heart. Those who are qualified to bind their feet are the upper class. Why do folk women bind their feet?
The women outside the episode are even more unworthy, looking off-putting.
Hu Wei's eyes lit up, and he saw that before Yu Qian came back, the emperor preemptively beat the officials and told them: Don't think that Yu Qian has a backer when he comes back!
When Yu Qian comes back, I am still the emperor!
Yu Qian can't turn the tide, understand?
At the same time, he breathed a sigh of relief, the emperor didn't kill the two sacrificial knives, so he restrained his temper.
"Play if you have something to do, and leave the court if you have nothing to do!" Zhu Qiyu said.
"Report to Your Majesty, the resettlement of the refugees has been completed for the time being, and I will present the important matters in the memorial, please read it!" Ye Sheng left the class.
Shi Pu is a smart man, knowing that the emperor valued Ye Sheng.
Therefore, giving Ye Sheng the good opportunity to become famous is considered as a friendship with Ye Sheng.
When it was presented, Zhu Qiyu didn't read it, and put it on the imperial case: "I have asked the Military Weapons Bureau to rush out a batch of farm tools and give them to the refugees without charging money."
Ye Sheng rolled his eyes, you have wiped away all the money in the hands of the refugees, and some of them still owe Dongchang loan sharks, how can you scrape them off?
However, the emperor's willingness to bestow farm tools on the refugees was considered a great grace of the emperor.
"On behalf of the refugees, thank Your Majesty Long En!" Ye Sheng kowtowed.
Zhu Qiyu nodded: "The court owed all the ministers several months' salary, and they also distributed it together. They all found silver! No treasure money!"
Whoa!
As soon as this remark came out, there was a lot of discussion in the court, is it really going to be paid?The emperor is not picky anymore?
"Why are you looking at me with such eyes?" Zhu Qiyu asked in surprise.
"Your Majesty, the ministers and others are still able to survive at home, this, this money should be rewarded to the ministers who have made meritorious service!" Li Xian said cautiously.
All the officials were secretly looking at the emperor, and the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was the most picky. His salary was set very low, and he often couldn't get it out!
Especially the current Holy One, the king of kings.
It is even more difficult to extract money from him, what kind of moth are you going to do this time, why send money?
"Hahaha, meritorious ministers should be rewarded, and the salaries of the ministers should also be paid!"
Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "We won't give out banknotes anymore, just find silver."
"I originally wanted to distribute copper coins, but there are mountains of copper coins in the internal transport warehouse, which really take up space, and recently some domestic funds have been brought in, and the silver is moldy in the warehouse, which is really unnecessary."
Your Majesty, you are in Versailles!
Baiguan feels bitter, it's all our money!
"Masters, I have an idea."
coming!
The emperor will never send money for no reason, just waiting here!
"I am afraid that the implementation of the banknote law will not continue. The government and the public know it well. In the past, there was no money in the internal funds, so the court could only force the implementation of the banknote law, which caused public resentment."
"Now that I have more money, to put it bluntly, the silver is moldy in the palace!"
Zhu Qiyu was flustered: "So, I plan to abolish the banknote law and use silver as the main currency. What do you think?"
Treasure banknotes have long existed in name only, and the common people have suffered unbearably. If it hadn’t been for the government’s mandatory implementation of treasure banknotes and included them in the Ming Law, it would have become waste paper long ago.
In recent years, the court has even given up the last fig leaf, and taxation has begun to be discounted.
With the power of Yu Qian's victory, Zhu Qiyu wants to do another big thing!
Reform currency!
Use 800 million taels to make another fortune.
"May I ask Your Majesty, is Your Majesty going to abolish the banknote law completely? Or temporarily?" Zhang Feng asked with a frown.
"Abolish it completely and replace it with silver!"
Zhang Feng hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, you know that the country is short of money, and now there is more money in the market, it is the credit of the Shibo Department."
"If foreign trade is cut off and the banknote law is abandoned, Daming will immediately fall into a money shortage."
"Moreover, folk gentry and landlords all have the habit of hoarding silver. They hide silver in their own pigpens and are unwilling to spend it."
"Wei Chen suggested that the banknote law can be temporarily abandoned, and it will be abolished for the time being. Once there is a shortage of money, the banknote law will be implemented again."
Zhang Feng's suggestion is feasible.
Meng Jian, the right servant of the household department, came out of the shift, saluted, and said: "Your Majesty, I think that the policy of paralleling banknotes and banknotes should be continued. Although treasure banknotes are inflated, at least the court is still in circulation."
"Once the banknote law is completely abandoned and I want to pick it up again, I am worried that it will cause a backlash from the people."
"It's better to use cash first, and don't abolish banknotes for the time being, just use it like this first."
"I agree with Meng Shilang's suggestion." Lu Yuan, the right servant of the household department, also agreed.
With the Ministry of Households throwing bricks to attract jade, many officials have expressed their opinions.
All about the same.
Zhu Qiyu nodded slightly: "I don't plan to use silver ingots. It's inconvenient. When trading, you need to weigh them with a scale and then cut them with scissors. This will cause a lot of loss, and ordinary people can't afford it;"
"Secondly, it's inconvenient to carry. When I go out with the silver ingot, it hurts to tie it on my body, and it hurts to put it in the kit bag."
"I plan to suppress silver coins, and each silver coin has a fixed denomination."
"For example, one tael of silver coins, two taels, five taels, ten taels."
The emperor originally wanted to cast money!
Casting money must be mixed with water to make money and fool the people.
"Your Majesty, please listen to the old minister!"
Hu Wei immediately stood up and objected: "Your Majesty, although the inner money is more spacious, please don't waste any money, Your Majesty!"
"For one thing, silver is expensive, and our dynasty is not rich in silver. All the silver on the market is obtained from barbarian trade."
"But the old minister estimated that the Yi people probably don't have much silver. The old minister has seen those Yi people in person. The country they talk about is very small. How can there be countless silver for them to squander?"
"Zhang Shangshu is right. Once the trade is cut off, there will be a silver shortage in our court. How will the court respond then?"
"Secondly, Your Majesty wants to press silver coins. Has Your Majesty calculated the fire consumption? Silver fire consumption will lose two or three silver coins for every tael of silver. After pressing into silver coins, the silver will shrink, and the court will suffer a lot."
"Thirdly, if Your Majesty presses out exquisite silver coins, as soon as they come out, they will be snapped up by merchants in the market, and then buried in the ground. Can Your Majesty's internal money be able to match the snap-up by merchants?"
"Fourth, if His Majesty wants to make a profit by pressing coins, he must add things to them. If there is too much mixing, the value will naturally drop. When the time comes, word of mouth will collapse, and it will be no different from precious banknotes."
"Your Majesty, if the above four situations occur, and the money in the court becomes empty in an instant, what will happen?"
Hu Yi kowtowed respectfully: "Your Majesty, this matter is definitely a matter that will harm all generations. Please don't think about it again, Your Majesty!"
What Hu Ming said made sense, but he didn't know that the money of the Yi people came from America, and the silver in America was inexhaustible.
Moreover, the country of Wa, which is closest to Ming Dynasty, is rich in silver mines.
Myanmar is rich in gold mines.
But Hu Mi is right in two words, the fire consumption is too much, Ming people like to hoard silver, and the silver in the money is not enough to make a reserve.
"Old Madam Fu, please hurry up. This statement is a flash of light on me, so I took it out to discuss with you. If you are right or wrong, I will forgive you and not guilty. You can speak freely."
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "I plan to forcibly confiscate the silver from the people, forcibly press it into silver coins, and then circulate it back to the people..."
"Your Majesty!"
Hu Ming rolled his eyes: "What would you do if the old minister went to rob the internal money? You would kill the old minister. If the court sends troops to rob the people's money, isn't it an official rebellion?"
"It's not a robbery, it's to call on the people to take out their silver and exchange it into silver coins." Zhu Qiyu was very naive.
"Your Majesty, even if Duke Yansheng is reborn, the people of the world cannot let their guard down."
Hu Yan said with a helpless smile: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, who is this person who has harmed the country and the people and told you, my old minister, please kill him!"
"This strategy will definitely cause the Great Ming Dynasty to be in turmoil, and the Great Ming Dynasty will collapse in an instant!"
Zhu Qiyu's expression was awkward, this is what he saw in his previous life.
But people's hearts are ignored.
Since ancient times, the people have no trust in the government at all, they only have a heart of guard, so asking them to hand out money is forcing them to rebel!
"Zhu Qing, is this strategy not good?" Zhu Qiyu was a little unwilling.
Li Xian, Zhang Feng and others shook their heads.
"If the Ming Dynasty is full of silver, this strategy can still work."
"Nowadays there is a shortage of silver and money, and there is still a shortage of money in the market. How to waste fire and money to suppress some silver coins, and chase after the last..."
Seeing His Majesty's sincerity, Hu Yan couldn't bear it and said: "Your Majesty, can you ask the craftsman to press out a silver coin and see how much silver will be lost? Then let the fortune teller calculate it."
"As for asking the common people to come up with silver, you'd better get rid of that idea, Daming can't be messed up!"
Hu Wei breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately His Majesty did not enforce it, otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous.
Compared with pressing silver coins, it is more reliable to rectify the bad habit of binding feet.
Let the cabinet make a statement that footbinding must be denied from an official point of view. As for the folks, it is not easy to change customs.
"Forget it, let me think about it again."
Zhu Qiyu's interest was low, and he wanted to use silver coins to seize the right to mint coins.
In fact, it's ridiculous to think about it. The right to mint coins has always been in the hands of the court. Whether it is silver ingots or silver coins, the essence is the same.
The main reason for the minister's objection is that Daming has little money!
If you want him to toss around, you need a lot of money.
But when he came up with this idea, he actually wanted to be the Daming Bank and hold the currency firmly in the palm of his hand.
However, silver in this era is not a currency in the strict sense.
"Decree to the Shipbuilding Department to increase trade with the barbarians and earn more money!"
Zhu Qiyu then announced his withdrawal from the court, and suddenly stopped: "By the way, for those court ladies who have been sent out, the family members will find their daughters and send them back to the palace. They don't want those with small feet or sidelines. They should figure out their own way."
Alas, those officials thought they had escaped the catastrophe, but they didn't want to.
I kept thinking about it on the way back to the palace.
Treasure banknotes will definitely not be usable, so reserve more and more silver. Hu Ming is right. Once silver coins are minted, they will be exchanged by merchants, and they will be minted and exchanged again. In the end, the silver in the money will definitely be exchanged.
Currency always needs to be reformed...
Wait, issue bank notes!
To be a bank and bank account!
He was indeed putting everything down to the last, and to start Daming Bank, he could also start with the ticket number. With 800 million taels as a reserve, the bank would definitely be able to open.
After all, he wants money to make money.
The reason why the emperor is an emperor is that he has to be richer than the people in the world in order to rule the world.
When he arrived at the Hall of Qinzheng, Zhu Qiyu wandered into the sky.
Had a meal in a hurry.
He began to review the memorial.
"My lord, Li Qian has arrived in the capital and is waiting outside the palace gate." Feng Xiao whispered.
"Li Zhen?"
Zhu Qiyu was stunned for a moment, then remembered that Li Zhen was the governor's job: "Xuan came in, Chen You and Mao Sheng also called in, I want to talk to them."
Mao Sheng is a Sinicized Mongol, and he has never been trusted by Zhu Qiyu.
Soon, the three of them entered the Qinzheng Hall and knelt on the ground to salute.
After a few months, they entered the palace, as if after years, the glorious and magnificent palace city became dilapidated. vividly.
When they entered Beijing, they heard what had happened in the past two months, and they were very sad.
Fang Ying sent someone to explain to them, they must be careful to serve the emperor.
The emperor is different now.
Because I didn't dare to say too much, I only told them repeatedly that they must serve the emperor carefully, and they must not be as careless as before.
After listening to Li Zhen's detailed explanation of the chaos, Zhu Qiyu nodded slightly: "Li Zhen, you did a good job."
"Don't dare to be praised by His Majesty!"
Li Zhen climbed up from the bottom bit by bit. This kind of person is best at observing words and deeds. He has three backers in the court, Fang Ying, Liang Pang and Wang Lai.
Both the former two wrote to him, asking him to be respectful to His Majesty.
Wang Lai told him bluntly that the change of the emperor made him serve the lord well.
Li Zhen understood that it would definitely not work to fool the emperor as before, so he had to be careful in his service.
"Chen You, Mao Sheng, you two are doing well!" Zhu Qiyu laughed.
Chen You is a Hui Hui, an old man who has lived through the Five Dynasties.
"I don't dare to praise you as His Majesty." Although Chen You was old, he didn't dare to praise him.
As a Hui Hui, there is no backer in Daming, the emperor is his only support, so he will never stand in line, no matter who is the emperor, he will act faithfully.
A few years ago, the emperor was lukewarm to him, because he refused to support the emperor clearly, so he has not been knighted.
"Chen You, do you want to go home?" Zhu Qiyu asked suddenly.
Chen You was taken aback, thinking that "home" was the home of the capital.
"Yu Qian fought a beautiful victory in Xuanzhen, annihilating more than 3 Oirat elites, more than hundreds of thousands in total!"
Zhu Qiyu said angrily: "I plan to reopen the Western Regions and operate the Silk Road, so I ask you, do you want to go home?"
"This this……"
Chen You has no impression of his hometown. He was born and raised in Han, but his grandfather and father mentioned his home countless times, and he also fantasized about that place.
But Daming has lost it for a long time, he thought he would never be able to see his grandfather's house again.
"Although it is not my home, it is my ancestral land. How I hope that one day, my ancestral land can return to the embrace of the Han family!"
With tears in the corners of Chen You's eyes, he kowtowed respectfully: "If His Majesty reopens the Western Regions, this veteran is willing to be the vanguard!"
"The old general must pay attention to maintenance and live well. We must see that day!"
Zhu Qiyu helped him up very seriously.
Chen Youming knew that this was His Majesty's way to win people's hearts, but he couldn't help being excited. The general died in a hundred battles, and the body of the horse leather was returned. He wanted to lead the army to regain his ancestral land.
A Sinicized Hui like him never thinks that he looks different from others. He firmly believes that he is a Han.
"Mao Sheng, I remember you fled to Mobei a few years ago..."
Before Zhu Qiyu finished speaking, Mao Sheng knelt on the ground, trembling.
"Hahaha, why should the old general care?"
"I have no intention of blaming anyone!"
"Who doesn't want to go home and see?"
"I also want to visit Nanjing. Although I was not born in Nanjing or grew up in Nanjing, Nanjing is my great-grandfather's home, and my grandfather has lived in Nanjing for many years."
"I want to tell you that I have the ambition of Emperor Taizong to regain the lost land in Mobei and re-operate the grassland!"
"Old general, I want to tell you, live well, wait for me, and take you home! Okay?"
Zhu Qiyu grabbed Mao Sheng's hand.
Mao Sheng broke down in tears.
He lived on the grassland when he was a child, and his ancestors were nobles of the Yuan Dynasty, and there are many relatives there.
He also wanted to bring the army back to show his status in Daming. Everyone has a heart to return home in good clothes. He is old and will not live for a few years. The greatest wish in this life is to be awarded a title, and to return home in good clothes.
"Your Majesty, the veteran must take good care of his health and wait to be the vanguard officer in the expedition to Mobei!" Mao Sheng knelt down.
"Two old generals!"
Zhu Qiyu held one in each hand: "All these years, you have been fighting south and north, and you are too tired. You will stay in the capital for the time being and help me organize the army. I have recruited four new battalions. You stay and help me."
"First, I will nourish my body and take care of my body."
"Secondly, wait for the battalion to be trained, and you will lead the recovery of the Western Regions and Mobei, and I will let you return to your hometown! You will not wait for a lifetime of loyalty!"
Buying people's hearts depends on Zhu Qiyu.
Zhu Qiyu let go of the two old generals and returned to the throne: "In this battle, all three generals have made great contributions to the suppression of Huguang Miao chaos!"
"Li Zhen, I want to make you Uncle Xingning; Chen You, I want to make you Uncle Wuping; Mao Sheng, I want to make you Uncle Nanning!"
"For this seal, I won't give you the World Voucher for the time being. I will give you the World Voucher when you return to your hometown!"
"I hope that the world certificate I bestow is the marquis's world certificate! It is the marquis's world certificate that lives with the country!"
"I keep the world certificate, waiting to give it to you!"
Feng Xiao brought up a tray, on which were world certificates, all of which were marquis certificates.
Zhu Qiyu pointed: "Do you have the confidence to earn a marquis certificate for your descendants?"
"Have!"
The three of Li Zhen shouted in unison.
They really didn't expect that the emperor would be so generous and directly bestow the title.
However, now that the honored ministers are declining, it is possible for His Majesty to promote more honored ministers to check and balance civil servants.
The only pity is that there is no world coupon, so it cannot be hereditary.
"Several old generals, I only have one sentence, live!"
Zhu Qiyu really worked hard, Chen You and Mao Sheng both died soon.
"This is the imperial edict!"
"I don't allow you to die early, I want you to return to your hometown in fine clothes, and let the clansmen in the ancestral land take a look at you!"
"This is the reward for your devotion to Daming!"
"It's the best reward I can give you!"
Zhu Qiyu spoke sincerely.
Chen You and Mao Sheng couldn't stop crying. The most important thing in a person's life is the sense of identity.
Especially for foreigners, Chen You and Mao Sheng were very repelled, Chen You never stood in line, Mao Sheng and Mo Bei flirted with each other, they were not liked by the emperor.
However, Zhu Qiyu admitted his credit, agreed with their credit and ability, and made a conclusion.
Give them hope again, let them persevere in life.
Regardless of the truth or falsehood, the emperor's words of Tian Xian are his recognition of their contribution!
"The Lingtai Hospital regularly diagnoses the elderly courtiers. An old man in a family is like a treasure."
"How many times I have been impulsive, I have been persuaded by the veterans in the court, and I will not allow them to die early!"
"I want to keep them alive and watch Daming grow strong!"
Zhu Qiyu told Feng Xiao: "Let the imperial physician pay more attention, and those who don't care will be punished!"
"The slaves obey the orders!"
Feng Xiao admired, the emperor's method of buying people's hearts is brilliant.
If you have nothing to do, just scold those old ministers in the Qinzheng Palace for being stupid!Get in the way old dog!
Now in front of the old minister, he said that having an old man in a family is like having a treasure. Look at it, how heart-warming it is.
See Chen You and the three of them tearfully grateful.
You'll know when you stay in the court for two months, and whoever you trust, don't trust the emperor's crap.
Chen You and the three were sent away.
Zhu Qiyu was in a good mood: "How should the captives be placed? Order Hanlin to come over and talk about how to deal with the captives."
Soon, Qiu Jun and others came in.
"Your Majesty, I think that I can do labor. Repairing the palace and repairing the capital requires manpower, especially the reconstruction of Xuan Town requires a lot of labor."
Qiu Jun went straight.
"Li Zhen's battle report stated that more than 5000 people were captured and escorted to the capital, leaving only 2000 people. If they are sent to Xuanzhen, [-] people will be left."
Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "I will stay in the capital, but what should I do?"
"Your Majesty, I think I can break into the craftsman's household." Liu Jue said.
"No, these are raw seedlings, and you can't speak Chinese, how can you be a craftsman?" Qiu Jun dismissed these captives and wanted to say directly that he would kill them, but he was afraid of offending His Majesty.
Hanlin people chattered all over the place.
Zhu Qiyu nodded slightly: "It is possible to be a craftsman, and it is good to grow seedlings. It is better not to speak Chinese..."
Hearing the emperor muttering, everyone was in a daze, is it okay if you can't speak Chinese?
"All enter the war and become artisans!"
"what?"
Qiu Jun was stunned: "Your Majesty, are they captives, or are they officials? All the food for the military battle bureau comes from Guanglu Temple, which is better than the official food! You let these prisoners enjoy the military battle bureau. treatment?"
"No, to do chores, feed them as the captives eat, they don't have to eat enough, they will only be fed when they become mature craftsmen, and they have entered two rounds, and they are also slaves, my slaves."
When the emperor said this, everyone was more psychologically balanced.
"What? Dislike the poor food in the palace?" Zhu Qiyu tilted his head and asked with a smile.
"I don't dare!" Qiu Jun was so frightened that he knelt on the ground, and all Hanlin knelt down to plead guilty.
"It's okay, it's true that the food is not good, but there was a shortage of food in Beijing and the palace was not peaceful. Now that Huguang is escorting food to Beijing, there is no shortage of food in Beijing."
Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "Let the Shangshi Bureau do something good, pick out an empty room from the East Nuan Pavilion, and turn it into a dining hall. You can go to that room to eat during meal times. The money will come from the inside, and I will give it. How about it?" ?”
It is a good thing to hear that the emperor really improved their meals.
"Thank you Lord Long En!"
Hanlins thank you.
As soon as they left, Feng Xiao became unhappy: "My lord, you didn't waste money like that! Letting them work in the palace is already a great favor from the emperor, why are you still eating in the palace? You are even reluctant to eat eggs , why feed them?"
Zhu Qiyu glanced at him, and there really is a slave and a servant for every kind of master.
I'm picky, you're pickier than me!
"Let people work and give them some food. Doesn't Guanglu Temple also provide food and drink for the Military Bureau and Military Weapons Bureau?"
"The slaves think that they should be abolished together. What are you doing to give those lowly households such good food? It is the emperor's kindness to improve their status. How dare they refuse to obey?"
Seeing the emperor's unkind expression, Feng Xiao muttered: "My lord, you are not in charge, Guanglu Temple spends thousands of taels of silver every day..."
"So many?" Zhu Qiyu frowned: "Is someone embezzled?"
"My lord, do you count how many people in the Military Bureau and Military Weapons Bureau eat?"
"There are guards on duty outside the two games, and the craftsmen eat them all, so why don't the guards eat the same?"
"Everyone is a big-bellied man, but it's cheap to eat. You're so hungry, you brought out tomorrow's meal!"
"Didn't you see, what they eat is silver!"
Feng Xiao felt aggrieved and said, "Just abolish it, you do the math..."
"Okay, give them three months, and if they can't do what I want, the food will be canceled." Zhu Qiyu also felt distressed.
1000 taels a day, 3 taels a month, plus the speed of burning money in two rounds, the money is spent like running water, and you can't make it like this if you have money.
"Slave remember!"
Feng Xiao was satisfied: "The food at the military plane..."
"Let's offer it first. You don't have to eat too well. You will be under my watch when you buy this piece. If you dare to stretch out your hand, you will kill it directly. Don't ask me."
Zhu Qiyu has so many things to do every day, he really doesn't have time to take care of these trivial matters.
"The slaves obey the order."
"Feng Xiao, you are the person next to me, as long as you don't reach out, the people below will not dare to reach out, understand?"
Zhu Qiyu beat him: "Whatever you want, tell me directly, and I will give it to you. You don't have to reach out for what you shouldn't take. It's what you want. You can spend it comfortably and comfortably."
"If you have a godson, a concubine raised outside, etc., they all say that there is no need to hide it, and find someone to serve you, so I can rest assured."
"Slaves don't have such thoughts!" Cold sweat dripped from Feng Xiao's forehead.
"Get up, what are you afraid of? I'm just telling you, be honest with me, and you will always be the person I trust the most."
Zhu Qiyu helped him up himself: "It doesn't matter if you make a mistake, everyone makes mistakes, as long as you are honest with me."
"You are my housekeeper, I am very satisfied, keep working hard."
"If you have anything to say, tell me, Feng Xiao."
Feng Xiao cautiously went out to serve, Zhu Qiyu raised his head and cast a cold glance at him.
He lowered his head again and read the memorial.
He was waiting for Feng Xiao to confess on his own initiative, but Feng Xiao didn't say anything.
This morning, he received a secret report from Jin Yiwei, saying that Feng Xiao had a concubine outside the palace, and it was sent by his son-in-law Jiao Jing.
Jiao Jing is the husband of Princess Qingdu, the second daughter of Emperor Renzong, and Zhu Qiyu's aunt.
Princess Qingdu died in the fifth year of Zhengtong, but this Jiao Jing lived a happy life. There were hundreds of concubines. There were rumors that the princess was pissed to death by Jiao Jing's concubine.
The relationship between Zhu Qiyu and Princess Qingdu was average, so it was as if nothing had happened.
But this Jiao Jing, for no reason, hooked up with the internal officials, what is he going to do?
Do you think Xunchen is going to make trouble again after returning to Beijing?
Hmph, you're thinking too much, and I'm also waiting to return to Beijing modestly!
……
Several days passed.
Yu Qian led the army back in triumph, and Hu Wei went out of the city to greet him in person, which gave the Northern Expedition Army enough face.
The emperor held a banquet in the palace for all the meritorious officials.
Let the Northern Expeditionary Army return to the camp, and have a three-day feast, with plenty of wine and meat.
Hu Wei looked at Yu Qian, Yu Qian seemed to be a lot older, without the temperament of being a dusty man before, as if he was a banished fairy who had fallen into the world, and had experienced a lot of vicissitudes.
It may be too busy, tired.
After a set of etiquette, it was almost dark, and everyone was exhausted.
Just entered the palace for a banquet.
Standing on the steps of Qianqing Palace, Zhu Qiyu looked at these familiar faces and sighed in his heart: "I congratulate you all, enter the palace!"
He set the banquet in Qianqing Palace, his bedroom, which shows that he attaches great importance to it.
Singing and dancing, toasting and interlacing.
"Yu Shaofu, I respect you!" The water in Zhu Qiyu's cup was all in the water.
"Don't dare to be respected by your majesty, but my humble minister respects your majesty." Yu Qian seemed to have lost his light, and he became very decadent.
Zhu Qiyu didn't care, Yu Qian came back, and he was the one under the most pressure.
After drinking for three rounds, the atmosphere was not warm and somewhat dull.
It seems that it is not a celebration banquet, but a Hongmen banquet.
"His Majesty!"
Yu Qian put down his wine glass and kowtowed respectfully: "I would like to resign, please allow your majesty!"
"Huh? Shao Fu is tired? Then go back and rest first. I will let You Ying, Yu Mian, and Yu Kang go home to serve you."
Zhu Qiyu was in a good mood, and praised the abilities of Yu Mian and Yu Kang, who are now my right-hand men and so on.
"Your Majesty, I wish to retire and return to my hometown, so I ask Your Majesty for permission!" Yu Qian's voice was weak and he didn't appreciate it.
Retire and return home?
The singing and dancing stopped suddenly, and the entire banquet hall was suffocated.
Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, unexpectedly Yu Qian would resign directly.
Is this slapping His Majesty in the face when you return to Beijing?
"What did Shaofu say? If you are tired, go back and rest. Go up tomorrow morning, and the reward will come down. Shaofu, let's go back."
Zhu Qiyu deliberately pretended not to understand.
"Your Majesty, my humble minister is begging for bones!" Yu Qian knelt respectfully, motionless, his voice was still high-pitched, but at the moment it was filled with a trace of exhaustion.
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the entire Qianqing Palace seemed to freeze.
All civil and military officials looked at each other in blank dismay, it was too exciting, and when they returned to Beijing, they slapped His Majesty in the face, it was so exciting!
Bang!
The wine glass in the emperor's hand was placed heavily on the case.
Zhu Qiyu stood up slowly, with a gentle tone: "Is Shao Fu worried about the master of high skill? Is he afraid that I won't be able to accommodate others?"
"I am not Zhao Gou!"
"I can tolerate Yue Fei! I can tolerate Han Shizhong!"
"I'm not afraid of the master's achievements, but I'm afraid of your incompetence!"
"As long as you have the ability, I can reward you with whatever you want!"
"Young Fu is drunk, come and help Young Fu down..."
There was anger in Zhu Qiyu's eyes.
What is this Yu Qian going to do?
"Please allow, Your Majesty!" Yu Qian's voice was firm.
"Yu Mian! Yu Kang! Get out of here! Your father is drunk, help your father down!" Zhu Qiyu suppressed his anger and helped Yu Qian smooth things over.
For this banquet, he ordered Yu Qian and other sons of the Northern Expedition heroes to serve in the palace, made sufficient preparations, and gave them enough face.
But what is Yu Qian doing?
After regaining the imperial power, no one can force him to be like this again!
As soon as Yu Qian returned to Beijing, he was given a blow!
A slap in the face!
"The minister is not drunk, the old minister wants to go back to the mountains and forests, please allow your majesty..."
Clap!
"enough!"
Zhu Qiyu slammed the cup on the ground: "Yu Qian, what are you going to do? Are you trapping me in injustice?"
The entire Qianqing Palace trembled.
Everyone knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty.
However, no one is sincere.
I want to see, Yu Qian is back, what will happen to the emperor?
Are you still the real emperor?His Majesty!
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"Your Majesty, don't you like women with small feet?" Tang Guifei asked cautiously.
"Like a monster."
Tang Yunyan doesn't understand, Lingbo walks lightly, socks are dusty, don't kings cherish little feet?
She used to think that His Majesty didn't like her because of her big feet.
I didn't expect His Majesty to be so prejudiced against little feet. Why?
"My concubine, if I abolish the little feet, what's your opinion?" Zhu Qiyu dragged her into the inner hall.
"Your Majesty, women's temples are not allowed to engage in politics, and concubines dare not speak!"
"It's just chatting, I haven't thought about whether it should be abolished!" Zhu Qiyu asked her to help undress, wash and lie down.
Concubine Tang carefully looked at the emperor's expression, and said in deliberation: "The concubine thinks that if your majesty doesn't like it, and the world will not invite women with bound feet into the palace, the court will naturally follow the example, and the atmosphere will spread to the people, and it will naturally change subtly. .”
"My concubine thinks that if the people do not obey the imperial decree issued by the temple, should you punish or not? If you punish, the law does not punish the public; if you do not punish, the imperial decree will lose its credibility."
"The views of concubines and wives, please consider it at your majesty's discretion."
Zhu Qiyu really listened to it, and nodded slightly: "It will start in the palace, and I will lead by example."
His words lead by example.
That is, he went up the next morning and lost his temper.
"Are you all fools? Send little girls to the palace as slaves and let me serve them? Huh?"
Zhu Qiyu was furious: "Do you have a brain?"
"In the past years, the selection of palace maids has never had small feet. Don't you even have this common sense?"
"Officer, I can't do well as an official! Serve me, I don't understand!"
"What's the use of keeping you guys!"
Li Jian was beaten deaf, and all the maids with small feet were kicked out of the palace.
Rumors spread outside the palace that some courtiers even wrote suicide notes in advance, waiting to be bestowed upon death.
It is thought that the emperor took the opportunity of rectifying his feet to clear the court.
However, listening to the emperor's words, it seems that he just dislikes the little-footed daughter who can't afford the work in the palace?Isn't it abolishing the binding foot completely?
Then does my own daughter not need to enter the palace as a slave or a handmaid?
Good thing!
"I ask you, why did you bind your daughter's feet?" Zhu Qiyu asked suddenly.
"This……"
No one can answer, it has been a thousand-year-old custom, since Li Yu, the empress of the Southern Tang Dynasty, liked the three-inch golden lotus, there has been a widespread trend of foot-binding.
In the prosperous Ming Dynasty, foot binding spread all over the country, and the size of the feet became the yardstick for measuring women's morality.
"What to wear!"
Zhu Qiyu suddenly cursed: "It's because you like it!"
"The king of Chu is so slender, and the palace starves to death!"
"You like it, so the folks have to learn from it!"
"Next time in the Beijing inspection, one more thing will be added. If the wives, concubines and daughters of the officials have small feet, they will be lowered!"
"Release to the worst, directly dismissed!"
This sentence stabbed a hornet's nest.
Many officials objected: "Your Majesty, how can a woman meet people easily? Aren't you forcing a woman to commit suicide to prove her innocence?"
There were many officials who opposed it, and they even did not hesitate to contradict the emperor.
Even Li Xian couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, the defense of men and women must not be broken!"
Zhu Qiyu's eyes flashed, and he looked at Geng Jiuchou and Bai Gui, who he valued, and they lowered their heads and remained silent, obviously not supporting it.
If he wants to challenge the tradition, Zhu Qiyu is not qualified enough.
"The defense of men and women can't be broken, of course, the palace will send aunt to investigate."
Zhu Qiyu backed down a step.
"Your Majesty, it will take time to change customs. Most of the officials have wives and concubines with small feet, and older daughters have bound feet. If you use this as your standard, most of the officials will be dismissed." Yu Shan said loudly.
He likes small feet, and all his wives and concubines have small feet. If the emperor's standards are followed, he will definitely be in trouble, so he firmly opposes it.
"Yu Shilang is right. If they abandon their wives and children because of Jingcha, how can these women survive?" Yi Ming agreed.
Guanglu Temple Minister Wei Neng said: "The aunt in the palace has gained great power, so corruption will inevitably breed, and she will take the opportunity to blackmail the officials and officials. A good Beijing inspection is disturbed by some women. How can it be decent?"
Many officials followed suit and opposed.
Zhu Qiyu watched their performance coldly.
Hu Wei lowered his head and said nothing, anyway, he has always opposed women's footbinding, if His Majesty sincerely abolishes the bad habit, that would be fine.
But, is the real purpose of the emperor to have little feet?
Yu Qian was already on his way back to Beijing, and Fan Guang, who had moved to Sanguan, also heard the news of pulling out the camp. Did the emperor want to interfere with Beijing Cha with his little feet?
To counter Yu Qian?Xunchen?
He always finds it difficult.
"If you have any excuses, tell them!"
Zhu Qiyu said coldly: "If I say one word, you have a hundred words waiting for me!"
"Have you forgotten what happened to Chen Xun?"
"If there is a problem, solve the problem!"
"If you can't solve it, I will change a group of people to solve it!"
"Anyway, there are a lot of scholars in the world, you don't want to stand here, get out of here!"
"There are so many people in the world who want to stand in the court! Serve me!"
When Chen Xun was mentioned, Yu Shan, Yi Ming, and Weineng's expressions changed, and they knelt down to apologize.
"Yu Shan, do you want to sue your old age and return to your hometown?" Zhu Qiyu looked gloomy and called the names directly.
These days, I am so easy to talk, so you guys are drifting away again?
Forgot whose dog you are?
Give it some sunshine and it will be brilliant!
"The old minister knows his mistake!" Yu Shan trembled.
"Huh, if you don't want to do it, just say it. I allow you to retire and return home. I don't know how many people in the government and the opposition are thinking about your position!"
Zhu Qiyu said indifferently: "You too! Don't think that I won't turn around after leaving your court?"
"That's what Wang Ao thought back then? Chen Xun thought the same way too! Even the Supreme Emperor thought the same way!"
"Now, what's the matter?"
"Whoever dies, Daming shouldn't continue to move forward! I will always be the emperor of Daming! No one can change it!"
"What are you guys? Weigh it yourself!"
"Cabinet, come up with a regulation. I hate little feet! Like a monster, how can a dignified woman be a monster?"
All the officials kowtowed, the senior officials in the cabinet felt sad, and they all began to miss Chen Xun, but they couldn't go back.
Seeing the worship of all officials, Zhu Qiyu changed the subject:
"If you really like small feet, you can go to Xifan, Mobei, Annan, and Wa Kingdom to find them."
"Those people are cheap. I chop off their feet and give them to you for collection. I don't feel sorry for chopping off 10, millions, or tens of millions of people!"
"Have fun with you! Instead of interfering, I even clapped my hands!"
"But the women of the Celestial Dynasty are not allowed! The women of my great Ming are not allowed to bind their feet!"
"They are women from the Celestial Dynasty, my daughters! I will not allow them to suffer!"
"Let's not allow the bad habit of footbinding to continue! It will damage the prestige of the Celestial Dynasty!"
Zhu Qiyu's tone was a little slow: "For officials and officials, those who bind their feet can let go of them and let them go quickly. If they are already wrapped, marry low as soon as possible, and don't think about climbing high. If you go to your in-law's house in the future, you will be angry. Why don't you marry low and choose a private household? If you are married, you can still enjoy the addiction of Miss Guan!"
"I have already told you the Jingcha standard, so you can do it yourself!"
What dare to say?
The emperor is about to use a knife, who dares to test the emperor's bottom line?
I can only kowtow to plead guilty.
In fact, I disdain it in my heart. Those who are qualified to bind their feet are the upper class. Why do folk women bind their feet?
The women outside the episode are even more unworthy, looking off-putting.
Hu Wei's eyes lit up, and he saw that before Yu Qian came back, the emperor preemptively beat the officials and told them: Don't think that Yu Qian has a backer when he comes back!
When Yu Qian comes back, I am still the emperor!
Yu Qian can't turn the tide, understand?
At the same time, he breathed a sigh of relief, the emperor didn't kill the two sacrificial knives, so he restrained his temper.
"Play if you have something to do, and leave the court if you have nothing to do!" Zhu Qiyu said.
"Report to Your Majesty, the resettlement of the refugees has been completed for the time being, and I will present the important matters in the memorial, please read it!" Ye Sheng left the class.
Shi Pu is a smart man, knowing that the emperor valued Ye Sheng.
Therefore, giving Ye Sheng the good opportunity to become famous is considered as a friendship with Ye Sheng.
When it was presented, Zhu Qiyu didn't read it, and put it on the imperial case: "I have asked the Military Weapons Bureau to rush out a batch of farm tools and give them to the refugees without charging money."
Ye Sheng rolled his eyes, you have wiped away all the money in the hands of the refugees, and some of them still owe Dongchang loan sharks, how can you scrape them off?
However, the emperor's willingness to bestow farm tools on the refugees was considered a great grace of the emperor.
"On behalf of the refugees, thank Your Majesty Long En!" Ye Sheng kowtowed.
Zhu Qiyu nodded: "The court owed all the ministers several months' salary, and they also distributed it together. They all found silver! No treasure money!"
Whoa!
As soon as this remark came out, there was a lot of discussion in the court, is it really going to be paid?The emperor is not picky anymore?
"Why are you looking at me with such eyes?" Zhu Qiyu asked in surprise.
"Your Majesty, the ministers and others are still able to survive at home, this, this money should be rewarded to the ministers who have made meritorious service!" Li Xian said cautiously.
All the officials were secretly looking at the emperor, and the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was the most picky. His salary was set very low, and he often couldn't get it out!
Especially the current Holy One, the king of kings.
It is even more difficult to extract money from him, what kind of moth are you going to do this time, why send money?
"Hahaha, meritorious ministers should be rewarded, and the salaries of the ministers should also be paid!"
Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "We won't give out banknotes anymore, just find silver."
"I originally wanted to distribute copper coins, but there are mountains of copper coins in the internal transport warehouse, which really take up space, and recently some domestic funds have been brought in, and the silver is moldy in the warehouse, which is really unnecessary."
Your Majesty, you are in Versailles!
Baiguan feels bitter, it's all our money!
"Masters, I have an idea."
coming!
The emperor will never send money for no reason, just waiting here!
"I am afraid that the implementation of the banknote law will not continue. The government and the public know it well. In the past, there was no money in the internal funds, so the court could only force the implementation of the banknote law, which caused public resentment."
"Now that I have more money, to put it bluntly, the silver is moldy in the palace!"
Zhu Qiyu was flustered: "So, I plan to abolish the banknote law and use silver as the main currency. What do you think?"
Treasure banknotes have long existed in name only, and the common people have suffered unbearably. If it hadn’t been for the government’s mandatory implementation of treasure banknotes and included them in the Ming Law, it would have become waste paper long ago.
In recent years, the court has even given up the last fig leaf, and taxation has begun to be discounted.
With the power of Yu Qian's victory, Zhu Qiyu wants to do another big thing!
Reform currency!
Use 800 million taels to make another fortune.
"May I ask Your Majesty, is Your Majesty going to abolish the banknote law completely? Or temporarily?" Zhang Feng asked with a frown.
"Abolish it completely and replace it with silver!"
Zhang Feng hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, you know that the country is short of money, and now there is more money in the market, it is the credit of the Shibo Department."
"If foreign trade is cut off and the banknote law is abandoned, Daming will immediately fall into a money shortage."
"Moreover, folk gentry and landlords all have the habit of hoarding silver. They hide silver in their own pigpens and are unwilling to spend it."
"Wei Chen suggested that the banknote law can be temporarily abandoned, and it will be abolished for the time being. Once there is a shortage of money, the banknote law will be implemented again."
Zhang Feng's suggestion is feasible.
Meng Jian, the right servant of the household department, came out of the shift, saluted, and said: "Your Majesty, I think that the policy of paralleling banknotes and banknotes should be continued. Although treasure banknotes are inflated, at least the court is still in circulation."
"Once the banknote law is completely abandoned and I want to pick it up again, I am worried that it will cause a backlash from the people."
"It's better to use cash first, and don't abolish banknotes for the time being, just use it like this first."
"I agree with Meng Shilang's suggestion." Lu Yuan, the right servant of the household department, also agreed.
With the Ministry of Households throwing bricks to attract jade, many officials have expressed their opinions.
All about the same.
Zhu Qiyu nodded slightly: "I don't plan to use silver ingots. It's inconvenient. When trading, you need to weigh them with a scale and then cut them with scissors. This will cause a lot of loss, and ordinary people can't afford it;"
"Secondly, it's inconvenient to carry. When I go out with the silver ingot, it hurts to tie it on my body, and it hurts to put it in the kit bag."
"I plan to suppress silver coins, and each silver coin has a fixed denomination."
"For example, one tael of silver coins, two taels, five taels, ten taels."
The emperor originally wanted to cast money!
Casting money must be mixed with water to make money and fool the people.
"Your Majesty, please listen to the old minister!"
Hu Wei immediately stood up and objected: "Your Majesty, although the inner money is more spacious, please don't waste any money, Your Majesty!"
"For one thing, silver is expensive, and our dynasty is not rich in silver. All the silver on the market is obtained from barbarian trade."
"But the old minister estimated that the Yi people probably don't have much silver. The old minister has seen those Yi people in person. The country they talk about is very small. How can there be countless silver for them to squander?"
"Zhang Shangshu is right. Once the trade is cut off, there will be a silver shortage in our court. How will the court respond then?"
"Secondly, Your Majesty wants to press silver coins. Has Your Majesty calculated the fire consumption? Silver fire consumption will lose two or three silver coins for every tael of silver. After pressing into silver coins, the silver will shrink, and the court will suffer a lot."
"Thirdly, if Your Majesty presses out exquisite silver coins, as soon as they come out, they will be snapped up by merchants in the market, and then buried in the ground. Can Your Majesty's internal money be able to match the snap-up by merchants?"
"Fourth, if His Majesty wants to make a profit by pressing coins, he must add things to them. If there is too much mixing, the value will naturally drop. When the time comes, word of mouth will collapse, and it will be no different from precious banknotes."
"Your Majesty, if the above four situations occur, and the money in the court becomes empty in an instant, what will happen?"
Hu Yi kowtowed respectfully: "Your Majesty, this matter is definitely a matter that will harm all generations. Please don't think about it again, Your Majesty!"
What Hu Ming said made sense, but he didn't know that the money of the Yi people came from America, and the silver in America was inexhaustible.
Moreover, the country of Wa, which is closest to Ming Dynasty, is rich in silver mines.
Myanmar is rich in gold mines.
But Hu Mi is right in two words, the fire consumption is too much, Ming people like to hoard silver, and the silver in the money is not enough to make a reserve.
"Old Madam Fu, please hurry up. This statement is a flash of light on me, so I took it out to discuss with you. If you are right or wrong, I will forgive you and not guilty. You can speak freely."
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "I plan to forcibly confiscate the silver from the people, forcibly press it into silver coins, and then circulate it back to the people..."
"Your Majesty!"
Hu Ming rolled his eyes: "What would you do if the old minister went to rob the internal money? You would kill the old minister. If the court sends troops to rob the people's money, isn't it an official rebellion?"
"It's not a robbery, it's to call on the people to take out their silver and exchange it into silver coins." Zhu Qiyu was very naive.
"Your Majesty, even if Duke Yansheng is reborn, the people of the world cannot let their guard down."
Hu Yan said with a helpless smile: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, who is this person who has harmed the country and the people and told you, my old minister, please kill him!"
"This strategy will definitely cause the Great Ming Dynasty to be in turmoil, and the Great Ming Dynasty will collapse in an instant!"
Zhu Qiyu's expression was awkward, this is what he saw in his previous life.
But people's hearts are ignored.
Since ancient times, the people have no trust in the government at all, they only have a heart of guard, so asking them to hand out money is forcing them to rebel!
"Zhu Qing, is this strategy not good?" Zhu Qiyu was a little unwilling.
Li Xian, Zhang Feng and others shook their heads.
"If the Ming Dynasty is full of silver, this strategy can still work."
"Nowadays there is a shortage of silver and money, and there is still a shortage of money in the market. How to waste fire and money to suppress some silver coins, and chase after the last..."
Seeing His Majesty's sincerity, Hu Yan couldn't bear it and said: "Your Majesty, can you ask the craftsman to press out a silver coin and see how much silver will be lost? Then let the fortune teller calculate it."
"As for asking the common people to come up with silver, you'd better get rid of that idea, Daming can't be messed up!"
Hu Wei breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately His Majesty did not enforce it, otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous.
Compared with pressing silver coins, it is more reliable to rectify the bad habit of binding feet.
Let the cabinet make a statement that footbinding must be denied from an official point of view. As for the folks, it is not easy to change customs.
"Forget it, let me think about it again."
Zhu Qiyu's interest was low, and he wanted to use silver coins to seize the right to mint coins.
In fact, it's ridiculous to think about it. The right to mint coins has always been in the hands of the court. Whether it is silver ingots or silver coins, the essence is the same.
The main reason for the minister's objection is that Daming has little money!
If you want him to toss around, you need a lot of money.
But when he came up with this idea, he actually wanted to be the Daming Bank and hold the currency firmly in the palm of his hand.
However, silver in this era is not a currency in the strict sense.
"Decree to the Shipbuilding Department to increase trade with the barbarians and earn more money!"
Zhu Qiyu then announced his withdrawal from the court, and suddenly stopped: "By the way, for those court ladies who have been sent out, the family members will find their daughters and send them back to the palace. They don't want those with small feet or sidelines. They should figure out their own way."
Alas, those officials thought they had escaped the catastrophe, but they didn't want to.
I kept thinking about it on the way back to the palace.
Treasure banknotes will definitely not be usable, so reserve more and more silver. Hu Ming is right. Once silver coins are minted, they will be exchanged by merchants, and they will be minted and exchanged again. In the end, the silver in the money will definitely be exchanged.
Currency always needs to be reformed...
Wait, issue bank notes!
To be a bank and bank account!
He was indeed putting everything down to the last, and to start Daming Bank, he could also start with the ticket number. With 800 million taels as a reserve, the bank would definitely be able to open.
After all, he wants money to make money.
The reason why the emperor is an emperor is that he has to be richer than the people in the world in order to rule the world.
When he arrived at the Hall of Qinzheng, Zhu Qiyu wandered into the sky.
Had a meal in a hurry.
He began to review the memorial.
"My lord, Li Qian has arrived in the capital and is waiting outside the palace gate." Feng Xiao whispered.
"Li Zhen?"
Zhu Qiyu was stunned for a moment, then remembered that Li Zhen was the governor's job: "Xuan came in, Chen You and Mao Sheng also called in, I want to talk to them."
Mao Sheng is a Sinicized Mongol, and he has never been trusted by Zhu Qiyu.
Soon, the three of them entered the Qinzheng Hall and knelt on the ground to salute.
After a few months, they entered the palace, as if after years, the glorious and magnificent palace city became dilapidated. vividly.
When they entered Beijing, they heard what had happened in the past two months, and they were very sad.
Fang Ying sent someone to explain to them, they must be careful to serve the emperor.
The emperor is different now.
Because I didn't dare to say too much, I only told them repeatedly that they must serve the emperor carefully, and they must not be as careless as before.
After listening to Li Zhen's detailed explanation of the chaos, Zhu Qiyu nodded slightly: "Li Zhen, you did a good job."
"Don't dare to be praised by His Majesty!"
Li Zhen climbed up from the bottom bit by bit. This kind of person is best at observing words and deeds. He has three backers in the court, Fang Ying, Liang Pang and Wang Lai.
Both the former two wrote to him, asking him to be respectful to His Majesty.
Wang Lai told him bluntly that the change of the emperor made him serve the lord well.
Li Zhen understood that it would definitely not work to fool the emperor as before, so he had to be careful in his service.
"Chen You, Mao Sheng, you two are doing well!" Zhu Qiyu laughed.
Chen You is a Hui Hui, an old man who has lived through the Five Dynasties.
"I don't dare to praise you as His Majesty." Although Chen You was old, he didn't dare to praise him.
As a Hui Hui, there is no backer in Daming, the emperor is his only support, so he will never stand in line, no matter who is the emperor, he will act faithfully.
A few years ago, the emperor was lukewarm to him, because he refused to support the emperor clearly, so he has not been knighted.
"Chen You, do you want to go home?" Zhu Qiyu asked suddenly.
Chen You was taken aback, thinking that "home" was the home of the capital.
"Yu Qian fought a beautiful victory in Xuanzhen, annihilating more than 3 Oirat elites, more than hundreds of thousands in total!"
Zhu Qiyu said angrily: "I plan to reopen the Western Regions and operate the Silk Road, so I ask you, do you want to go home?"
"This this……"
Chen You has no impression of his hometown. He was born and raised in Han, but his grandfather and father mentioned his home countless times, and he also fantasized about that place.
But Daming has lost it for a long time, he thought he would never be able to see his grandfather's house again.
"Although it is not my home, it is my ancestral land. How I hope that one day, my ancestral land can return to the embrace of the Han family!"
With tears in the corners of Chen You's eyes, he kowtowed respectfully: "If His Majesty reopens the Western Regions, this veteran is willing to be the vanguard!"
"The old general must pay attention to maintenance and live well. We must see that day!"
Zhu Qiyu helped him up very seriously.
Chen Youming knew that this was His Majesty's way to win people's hearts, but he couldn't help being excited. The general died in a hundred battles, and the body of the horse leather was returned. He wanted to lead the army to regain his ancestral land.
A Sinicized Hui like him never thinks that he looks different from others. He firmly believes that he is a Han.
"Mao Sheng, I remember you fled to Mobei a few years ago..."
Before Zhu Qiyu finished speaking, Mao Sheng knelt on the ground, trembling.
"Hahaha, why should the old general care?"
"I have no intention of blaming anyone!"
"Who doesn't want to go home and see?"
"I also want to visit Nanjing. Although I was not born in Nanjing or grew up in Nanjing, Nanjing is my great-grandfather's home, and my grandfather has lived in Nanjing for many years."
"I want to tell you that I have the ambition of Emperor Taizong to regain the lost land in Mobei and re-operate the grassland!"
"Old general, I want to tell you, live well, wait for me, and take you home! Okay?"
Zhu Qiyu grabbed Mao Sheng's hand.
Mao Sheng broke down in tears.
He lived on the grassland when he was a child, and his ancestors were nobles of the Yuan Dynasty, and there are many relatives there.
He also wanted to bring the army back to show his status in Daming. Everyone has a heart to return home in good clothes. He is old and will not live for a few years. The greatest wish in this life is to be awarded a title, and to return home in good clothes.
"Your Majesty, the veteran must take good care of his health and wait to be the vanguard officer in the expedition to Mobei!" Mao Sheng knelt down.
"Two old generals!"
Zhu Qiyu held one in each hand: "All these years, you have been fighting south and north, and you are too tired. You will stay in the capital for the time being and help me organize the army. I have recruited four new battalions. You stay and help me."
"First, I will nourish my body and take care of my body."
"Secondly, wait for the battalion to be trained, and you will lead the recovery of the Western Regions and Mobei, and I will let you return to your hometown! You will not wait for a lifetime of loyalty!"
Buying people's hearts depends on Zhu Qiyu.
Zhu Qiyu let go of the two old generals and returned to the throne: "In this battle, all three generals have made great contributions to the suppression of Huguang Miao chaos!"
"Li Zhen, I want to make you Uncle Xingning; Chen You, I want to make you Uncle Wuping; Mao Sheng, I want to make you Uncle Nanning!"
"For this seal, I won't give you the World Voucher for the time being. I will give you the World Voucher when you return to your hometown!"
"I hope that the world certificate I bestow is the marquis's world certificate! It is the marquis's world certificate that lives with the country!"
"I keep the world certificate, waiting to give it to you!"
Feng Xiao brought up a tray, on which were world certificates, all of which were marquis certificates.
Zhu Qiyu pointed: "Do you have the confidence to earn a marquis certificate for your descendants?"
"Have!"
The three of Li Zhen shouted in unison.
They really didn't expect that the emperor would be so generous and directly bestow the title.
However, now that the honored ministers are declining, it is possible for His Majesty to promote more honored ministers to check and balance civil servants.
The only pity is that there is no world coupon, so it cannot be hereditary.
"Several old generals, I only have one sentence, live!"
Zhu Qiyu really worked hard, Chen You and Mao Sheng both died soon.
"This is the imperial edict!"
"I don't allow you to die early, I want you to return to your hometown in fine clothes, and let the clansmen in the ancestral land take a look at you!"
"This is the reward for your devotion to Daming!"
"It's the best reward I can give you!"
Zhu Qiyu spoke sincerely.
Chen You and Mao Sheng couldn't stop crying. The most important thing in a person's life is the sense of identity.
Especially for foreigners, Chen You and Mao Sheng were very repelled, Chen You never stood in line, Mao Sheng and Mo Bei flirted with each other, they were not liked by the emperor.
However, Zhu Qiyu admitted his credit, agreed with their credit and ability, and made a conclusion.
Give them hope again, let them persevere in life.
Regardless of the truth or falsehood, the emperor's words of Tian Xian are his recognition of their contribution!
"The Lingtai Hospital regularly diagnoses the elderly courtiers. An old man in a family is like a treasure."
"How many times I have been impulsive, I have been persuaded by the veterans in the court, and I will not allow them to die early!"
"I want to keep them alive and watch Daming grow strong!"
Zhu Qiyu told Feng Xiao: "Let the imperial physician pay more attention, and those who don't care will be punished!"
"The slaves obey the orders!"
Feng Xiao admired, the emperor's method of buying people's hearts is brilliant.
If you have nothing to do, just scold those old ministers in the Qinzheng Palace for being stupid!Get in the way old dog!
Now in front of the old minister, he said that having an old man in a family is like having a treasure. Look at it, how heart-warming it is.
See Chen You and the three of them tearfully grateful.
You'll know when you stay in the court for two months, and whoever you trust, don't trust the emperor's crap.
Chen You and the three were sent away.
Zhu Qiyu was in a good mood: "How should the captives be placed? Order Hanlin to come over and talk about how to deal with the captives."
Soon, Qiu Jun and others came in.
"Your Majesty, I think that I can do labor. Repairing the palace and repairing the capital requires manpower, especially the reconstruction of Xuan Town requires a lot of labor."
Qiu Jun went straight.
"Li Zhen's battle report stated that more than 5000 people were captured and escorted to the capital, leaving only 2000 people. If they are sent to Xuanzhen, [-] people will be left."
Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "I will stay in the capital, but what should I do?"
"Your Majesty, I think I can break into the craftsman's household." Liu Jue said.
"No, these are raw seedlings, and you can't speak Chinese, how can you be a craftsman?" Qiu Jun dismissed these captives and wanted to say directly that he would kill them, but he was afraid of offending His Majesty.
Hanlin people chattered all over the place.
Zhu Qiyu nodded slightly: "It is possible to be a craftsman, and it is good to grow seedlings. It is better not to speak Chinese..."
Hearing the emperor muttering, everyone was in a daze, is it okay if you can't speak Chinese?
"All enter the war and become artisans!"
"what?"
Qiu Jun was stunned: "Your Majesty, are they captives, or are they officials? All the food for the military battle bureau comes from Guanglu Temple, which is better than the official food! You let these prisoners enjoy the military battle bureau. treatment?"
"No, to do chores, feed them as the captives eat, they don't have to eat enough, they will only be fed when they become mature craftsmen, and they have entered two rounds, and they are also slaves, my slaves."
When the emperor said this, everyone was more psychologically balanced.
"What? Dislike the poor food in the palace?" Zhu Qiyu tilted his head and asked with a smile.
"I don't dare!" Qiu Jun was so frightened that he knelt on the ground, and all Hanlin knelt down to plead guilty.
"It's okay, it's true that the food is not good, but there was a shortage of food in Beijing and the palace was not peaceful. Now that Huguang is escorting food to Beijing, there is no shortage of food in Beijing."
Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "Let the Shangshi Bureau do something good, pick out an empty room from the East Nuan Pavilion, and turn it into a dining hall. You can go to that room to eat during meal times. The money will come from the inside, and I will give it. How about it?" ?”
It is a good thing to hear that the emperor really improved their meals.
"Thank you Lord Long En!"
Hanlins thank you.
As soon as they left, Feng Xiao became unhappy: "My lord, you didn't waste money like that! Letting them work in the palace is already a great favor from the emperor, why are you still eating in the palace? You are even reluctant to eat eggs , why feed them?"
Zhu Qiyu glanced at him, and there really is a slave and a servant for every kind of master.
I'm picky, you're pickier than me!
"Let people work and give them some food. Doesn't Guanglu Temple also provide food and drink for the Military Bureau and Military Weapons Bureau?"
"The slaves think that they should be abolished together. What are you doing to give those lowly households such good food? It is the emperor's kindness to improve their status. How dare they refuse to obey?"
Seeing the emperor's unkind expression, Feng Xiao muttered: "My lord, you are not in charge, Guanglu Temple spends thousands of taels of silver every day..."
"So many?" Zhu Qiyu frowned: "Is someone embezzled?"
"My lord, do you count how many people in the Military Bureau and Military Weapons Bureau eat?"
"There are guards on duty outside the two games, and the craftsmen eat them all, so why don't the guards eat the same?"
"Everyone is a big-bellied man, but it's cheap to eat. You're so hungry, you brought out tomorrow's meal!"
"Didn't you see, what they eat is silver!"
Feng Xiao felt aggrieved and said, "Just abolish it, you do the math..."
"Okay, give them three months, and if they can't do what I want, the food will be canceled." Zhu Qiyu also felt distressed.
1000 taels a day, 3 taels a month, plus the speed of burning money in two rounds, the money is spent like running water, and you can't make it like this if you have money.
"Slave remember!"
Feng Xiao was satisfied: "The food at the military plane..."
"Let's offer it first. You don't have to eat too well. You will be under my watch when you buy this piece. If you dare to stretch out your hand, you will kill it directly. Don't ask me."
Zhu Qiyu has so many things to do every day, he really doesn't have time to take care of these trivial matters.
"The slaves obey the order."
"Feng Xiao, you are the person next to me, as long as you don't reach out, the people below will not dare to reach out, understand?"
Zhu Qiyu beat him: "Whatever you want, tell me directly, and I will give it to you. You don't have to reach out for what you shouldn't take. It's what you want. You can spend it comfortably and comfortably."
"If you have a godson, a concubine raised outside, etc., they all say that there is no need to hide it, and find someone to serve you, so I can rest assured."
"Slaves don't have such thoughts!" Cold sweat dripped from Feng Xiao's forehead.
"Get up, what are you afraid of? I'm just telling you, be honest with me, and you will always be the person I trust the most."
Zhu Qiyu helped him up himself: "It doesn't matter if you make a mistake, everyone makes mistakes, as long as you are honest with me."
"You are my housekeeper, I am very satisfied, keep working hard."
"If you have anything to say, tell me, Feng Xiao."
Feng Xiao cautiously went out to serve, Zhu Qiyu raised his head and cast a cold glance at him.
He lowered his head again and read the memorial.
He was waiting for Feng Xiao to confess on his own initiative, but Feng Xiao didn't say anything.
This morning, he received a secret report from Jin Yiwei, saying that Feng Xiao had a concubine outside the palace, and it was sent by his son-in-law Jiao Jing.
Jiao Jing is the husband of Princess Qingdu, the second daughter of Emperor Renzong, and Zhu Qiyu's aunt.
Princess Qingdu died in the fifth year of Zhengtong, but this Jiao Jing lived a happy life. There were hundreds of concubines. There were rumors that the princess was pissed to death by Jiao Jing's concubine.
The relationship between Zhu Qiyu and Princess Qingdu was average, so it was as if nothing had happened.
But this Jiao Jing, for no reason, hooked up with the internal officials, what is he going to do?
Do you think Xunchen is going to make trouble again after returning to Beijing?
Hmph, you're thinking too much, and I'm also waiting to return to Beijing modestly!
……
Several days passed.
Yu Qian led the army back in triumph, and Hu Wei went out of the city to greet him in person, which gave the Northern Expedition Army enough face.
The emperor held a banquet in the palace for all the meritorious officials.
Let the Northern Expeditionary Army return to the camp, and have a three-day feast, with plenty of wine and meat.
Hu Wei looked at Yu Qian, Yu Qian seemed to be a lot older, without the temperament of being a dusty man before, as if he was a banished fairy who had fallen into the world, and had experienced a lot of vicissitudes.
It may be too busy, tired.
After a set of etiquette, it was almost dark, and everyone was exhausted.
Just entered the palace for a banquet.
Standing on the steps of Qianqing Palace, Zhu Qiyu looked at these familiar faces and sighed in his heart: "I congratulate you all, enter the palace!"
He set the banquet in Qianqing Palace, his bedroom, which shows that he attaches great importance to it.
Singing and dancing, toasting and interlacing.
"Yu Shaofu, I respect you!" The water in Zhu Qiyu's cup was all in the water.
"Don't dare to be respected by your majesty, but my humble minister respects your majesty." Yu Qian seemed to have lost his light, and he became very decadent.
Zhu Qiyu didn't care, Yu Qian came back, and he was the one under the most pressure.
After drinking for three rounds, the atmosphere was not warm and somewhat dull.
It seems that it is not a celebration banquet, but a Hongmen banquet.
"His Majesty!"
Yu Qian put down his wine glass and kowtowed respectfully: "I would like to resign, please allow your majesty!"
"Huh? Shao Fu is tired? Then go back and rest first. I will let You Ying, Yu Mian, and Yu Kang go home to serve you."
Zhu Qiyu was in a good mood, and praised the abilities of Yu Mian and Yu Kang, who are now my right-hand men and so on.
"Your Majesty, I wish to retire and return to my hometown, so I ask Your Majesty for permission!" Yu Qian's voice was weak and he didn't appreciate it.
Retire and return home?
The singing and dancing stopped suddenly, and the entire banquet hall was suffocated.
Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, unexpectedly Yu Qian would resign directly.
Is this slapping His Majesty in the face when you return to Beijing?
"What did Shaofu say? If you are tired, go back and rest. Go up tomorrow morning, and the reward will come down. Shaofu, let's go back."
Zhu Qiyu deliberately pretended not to understand.
"Your Majesty, my humble minister is begging for bones!" Yu Qian knelt respectfully, motionless, his voice was still high-pitched, but at the moment it was filled with a trace of exhaustion.
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the entire Qianqing Palace seemed to freeze.
All civil and military officials looked at each other in blank dismay, it was too exciting, and when they returned to Beijing, they slapped His Majesty in the face, it was so exciting!
Bang!
The wine glass in the emperor's hand was placed heavily on the case.
Zhu Qiyu stood up slowly, with a gentle tone: "Is Shao Fu worried about the master of high skill? Is he afraid that I won't be able to accommodate others?"
"I am not Zhao Gou!"
"I can tolerate Yue Fei! I can tolerate Han Shizhong!"
"I'm not afraid of the master's achievements, but I'm afraid of your incompetence!"
"As long as you have the ability, I can reward you with whatever you want!"
"Young Fu is drunk, come and help Young Fu down..."
There was anger in Zhu Qiyu's eyes.
What is this Yu Qian going to do?
"Please allow, Your Majesty!" Yu Qian's voice was firm.
"Yu Mian! Yu Kang! Get out of here! Your father is drunk, help your father down!" Zhu Qiyu suppressed his anger and helped Yu Qian smooth things over.
For this banquet, he ordered Yu Qian and other sons of the Northern Expedition heroes to serve in the palace, made sufficient preparations, and gave them enough face.
But what is Yu Qian doing?
After regaining the imperial power, no one can force him to be like this again!
As soon as Yu Qian returned to Beijing, he was given a blow!
A slap in the face!
"The minister is not drunk, the old minister wants to go back to the mountains and forests, please allow your majesty..."
Clap!
"enough!"
Zhu Qiyu slammed the cup on the ground: "Yu Qian, what are you going to do? Are you trapping me in injustice?"
The entire Qianqing Palace trembled.
Everyone knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty.
However, no one is sincere.
I want to see, Yu Qian is back, what will happen to the emperor?
Are you still the real emperor?His Majesty!
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